5/09/2011 @ 12:00PM

In Pictures: The Most Influential Athletes

No. 3 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Nascar

Influential: 22%

Awareness: 40%

Like/Like a lot: 45%

Dislike/Dislike a lot: 3%

N-Score (endorsement potential): 217 (avg. athlete 14)

Hasn’t had monster year since winning six races, including the Daytona 500, in 2004. But the personable third-generation racer has been voted Nascar’s “Most Popular Driver” by fans every year since 2003.